Where does “khí thải” come from?

khí thải (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Thái, from Middle Chinese 胎.

khí thải (Vietnamese): exhaust fumes

Definitions

  1. exhaust fumes

Ancestry of “khí thải”, step by step

khí thải traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Thái

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseTháiThai
2Middle Chinese胎—

via Vietnamese khí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesekhíClipping of không khí; gas; chi
2Proto-Vietickʰih—
Every word from Middle Chinese 胎 →Every word from Vietnamese Thái →